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200-MW solar power plant on the cards for Botswana

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:21:00 +0200

As efforts to bridge the demand-supply gap currently dogging Botswana continue, the Department of Energy Affairs (DEA) is spearheading plans for a possible 200-megawatt (MW) solar power station. Read full story... | Send to a friend

South Africa Ad Network is launched

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:11:00 +0200

sabiOne.com, the leading African online display ad network has launched a South African channel named the 'South Africa Ad Network' within the platform. This has been necessitated by the high number of publishers covering the South African market and the need for better local targeting and ad customisation by local advertisers. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Vision Africa introduces MediaMetrics results

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:50:00 +0200

On 21 October 2008 Vision Africa, a full-service marketing and stakeholder research company held a breakfast for media, agencies and selected corporate companies to present the results of MediaMetrics™, a product of Vision Africa. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Vision Africa - 100% Namibian

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:49:00 +0200

“We are proudly Namibian," says new Managing Director of Vision Africa, Cornelius D'Alton. "There has been a change of ownership at Vision Africa and we are now 100% Namibian-owned.” Not only is the company completely local, but the new majority shareholder is a Black Economic Empowerment company. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Branding Botswana

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:29:00 +0200

Botswana promotes own tourist attractions in a bid to keep more money at home. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Festus the finest

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:55:00 +0200

Botswana's former president, Festus Mogae has been awarded a US$5,000,000 prize to encourage good governance. The Ibrahim Prize, set up by Sudanese businessman, Mo Ibrahim, is the most valuable individual prize in the world. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Botswana recalls Chinese dairy products

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:32:00 +0200

The Botswana authorities have become the latest of a number of governments around the world to recall Chinese-made dairy products, following the melamine scare. Read full story... | Send to a friend

SA Tourism unveils new Sho't Left campaign

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:07:00 +0200

South African Tourism unveiled its new marketing campaign for its domestic tourism initiative, Sho't Left, at the Emoyeni Estate in Parktown, Johannesburg, yesterday, Thursday, 28 August 2008. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Botswana: Proposed law would give government power to interfere with media

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:29:00 +0200

Botswana Member of Parliament for Mogoditshane, Patrick Masimolole has called upon the Minister of Communications, Science and Technology to drop the Media Practitioners Bill arguing that the proposed law grants too much power to the ministry in interfering with the operations of the media. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Concern over Botswana plan to register mobile phone subscribers

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:26:00 +0200

The Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA) has announced that prepaid subscribers of mobile phones will be registered as of 15 September to curb, among other things, mobile phone crimes. The move has alarmed media watchdogs, however. Read full story... | Send to a friend